FORM 57B
Courts of Justice Act
COSTS OUTLINE
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
COSTS OUTLINE
The (identify party) provides the following outline of the submissions to be made at the hearing in support of the costs the party will seek if successful:
Fees (as detailed below) / $Estimated lawyer's fee for appearance / $
Disbursements (as detailed in the attached appendix) / $
Total / $
The following points are made in support of the costs sought with reference to the factors set out in subrule 57.01(1):
· the amount claimed and the amount recovered in the proceeding
· the complexity of the proceeding
· the importance of the issues
· the conduct of any party that tended to shorten or lengthen unnecessarily the duration of the proceeding
· whether any step in the proceeding was improper, vexatious or unnecessary or taken through negligence, mistake or excessive caution
· a party’s denial of or refusal to admit anything that should have been admitted
· the experience of the party’s lawyer
· the hours spent, the rates sought for costs and the rate actually charged by the party’s lawyer
FEE ITEMS / PERSONS / HOURS / PARTIAL INDEMNITY RATE / ACTUAL RATE*(e.g. pleadings, affidavits, cross-examinations, preparation, hearing, etc.) / (identify the lawyers, students, and law clerks who provided services in connection with each item together with their year of call, if applicable) / (specify the hours claimed for each person identified in column 2) / (specify the rate being sought for each person identified in column 2)
* Specify the rate being charged to the client for each person identified in column 2. If there is a contingency fee arrangement, state the rate that would have been charged absent such arrangement.
· any other matter relevant to the question of costs
LAWYER’S CERTIFICATE
I CERTIFY that the hours claimed have been spent, that the rates shown are correct and that each disbursement has been incurred as claimed.
Date:Signature of lawyer
RCP-E 57B (July 1, 2007)